Karla Crome

About

Karla Patsy Crome (born 22 June 1988) is a British actress and writer, best known for her work on Sky Atlantic’s Hit & Miss, playing series regular Jess on E4’s Misfits, and appearances in a number of other television series and films, mainly in the United Kingdom, including the award-winning Murder. In 2012, Screen International named Crome as one of the “UK Stars of Tomorrow”.

She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (hons) acting course from the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in Clapham, London.

Crome played the lead, Coleen, in Birger Larsen’s BAFTA Award-winning (2013) production of Murder for BBC2. Alison Graham said in The Radio Times: “…it stayed with me for days, dammit. Every brittle little shard of it, thanks largely to one of the most astounding, affecting acting performances I have ever seen, from rising star Karla Crome as Coleen…”
On 22 May 2012, it was announced that Crome would appear in the fourth series of E4 drama Misfits in the regular role of Jess.
Crome appears in ITV five-part series Lightfields as Clare. Again, she has received excellent reviews for her performance with Matt D. saying: “…the standout was definitely…